 | Klaxons Myths of the Near Future
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| Ranking: #174 for 2007 | |
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| 3.5 great | Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | March 27th 07 |
Despite being advertised as "new rave," Klaxons have more in common with art rock revivalists like Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand than they do the recent crop of American dance-punk outfits. Debut single 'Atlantis To Interzone' encapsulates the synthy euphoria of the acid dance era and dispenses with the shoegazing of the same, 'Totem In A Timeline' is an obtuse rocker that plays to the same dancefloor tendencies and newest single 'Gravity's Rainbow' is a short, high-energy number that sees the band dress a spontaneous post punk number with a calculated electronic arrangement. 'Golden Skans' and 'Magick' are built around haunting "oo-ee-oo" melodies, the latter explicitly channeling the occult, while the cover and re-arrangement of club classic 'Not Over Yet' effortlessly improves upon the original.
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| 3.0 good | paperslut | February 23rd 07 |
I'll be honest. I like NME. And they like everything. I haven't read a single review that was under 7 of 10. And ever since they gave Klaxons 9, I'd been waiting to get my hands on this baby. Oh man is their website trippy.
Heralded as the new wave of new rave, the weight of expectation on MOTNF was high. And fortunately, I'm a sucker for opening tracks. So Two Receivers had me at hello, though admittedly I thought it was the opening to Sick Sad Little World (Incubus). And though it's not really a 9 of 10 track, it's got enough spunk in it to ensure a good start to the album.
From then on, it's a roller coaster ride through, well, most places in South England (okay so they're from London), some places in Morocco and wherever else there's a party with alcohol punch and fruit. Golden Skans, with it's floaty ooo's and aaa's is psychedelic pop at its best with its druids and whatnots. Somewhere in between Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes we find ourselves drunk in the video game end credits of Gravity's Rainbow and suddenly the Bee Gees type vocal harmonies aren't that cheesy anymore. Phew. It's not just the harmonies that bring back fond memories of disco and shiny balls, but just the way the songs flow from one bouncy robot beat to another.
Where Klaxons lose out to, say The Rapture, is in energy. Which is not to say that the songs aren't terribly exciting. "Light the bridges with the lantern, you know something's going to happen" (Forgotten Worlds) Klaxons may be caught for trying too hard. Maybe.
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| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | October 30th 25 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | January 23rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | peahat | August 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | February 25th 21 |
| 3.5 great | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 3.0 good | emmny | November 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | March 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | NickArk | January 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | January 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Project | November 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. EMERITUS | October 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | April 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Arctick | September 29th 14 |
| 3.5 great | CamiloG | September 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | oahmed | August 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | May 24th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | December 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lobber | February 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | arcane | December 28th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | teahead | September 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | youpi | August 23rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | Collis | May 31st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Bossie | March 12th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Tom93M | February 17th 12 |
| 2.5 average | kroglor | February 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Dunnus | November 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | stfrnz | August 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | djejew | July 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | jwal93 | April 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dan H. EMERITUS | April 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | LwwB | January 30th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Rowdy | January 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | frankie | December 30th 10 |
| 3.0 good | BertFF | December 25th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | tuttle | December 15th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Zoop | December 9th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | nick77 | November 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | LevL6 | November 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | bab808 | October 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | occer | September 20th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | aleyogui | September 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | lodes | September 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Smevin | August 30th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Skyler | August 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mvood | June 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | kojpl | May 24th 10 |
| 3.0 good | bryn | April 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kam0825 | March 31st 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Titan50 | January 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pea | December 21st 09 |
| 3.5 great | ausjim | November 12th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ccopacia | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | mitch91 | September 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | ALEZ4 | September 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | dev4ll | August 21st 09 |
| 3.0 good | JoRos | August 8th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smiley | June 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | BSX | April 26th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asaura | March 18th 09 |
| 3.0 good | geng | January 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Jasiu | November 15th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom2704 | November 12th 08 |
| 3.0 good | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | October 5th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | jambian | February 3rd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | BB28 | January 22nd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | aaro89 | January 11th 08 |
| 3.5 great | astrel | November 21st 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bennie25 | November 10th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Omgz | September 23rd 07 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | February 5th 07 |
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